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VOL. LXIV? NO. 29
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 21, 1949
TWELVE PAGES
1.500 ATTEND
ANNUAL PICNIC
OF FEDERATION
Development Of Poultry
, Industry It Cited
By McChire
Talks by President James O.
K. McClure and others and an
entertainment program featur
ed the annual Farmers Federa
tion picnic last Saturday at the
Franklin school, which drew a
crowd of Macon County fanners
and their families estimated at
I,500.
The rapid growth of Western
North Carolina's poultry indus
try was emphasized by Mr. Mc
Clure.
"We are commencing to lay
the foundation for a great poul
try industry," Mr. McClure as
serted. He pointed out that the
Federation had purchased more
than $100,000 worth of poultry
and eggs from farmers during
the month of June.
Mr. McClure said that the
/ Farmers Federation is always
looking for new projects which
iwill make money for the farm
ers of Western North Carolina,
and he called particular atten
tion to the cooperative's experi
ments with gladiolus blubs,
which he said seem to hold great
I promise for the mountain area.
A. R. Oattls, Federation
hatchery director, reported that
there will be 15 flocks In Ma
con County next year supplying
hatching eggs to the Federation
hatchery from approximately
II,000 birds.
Other speakers on the all-day
program were: Carl 8. Slagle,
Macon County representative
and chairman of the Macon
Farmers Federation committee,
8. W. MendenhaU, county farm
agent, the Rev. Dumont Clarke,
director of the Lord's Acre work,
Harry Thomas, manager of the
Federation warehouse at Frank
lin, and Guy M. Sales, general
manager of the Federation.
The entertalmawit profcram
listed many outstanding per
formers, including "Smilln'
Red" Raper, of Murphy, Alec
Houston, Hendersonville ventril
oquist, Patsy Messer, acrobat,
from Canton, "Aunt Smantha"
Continued On Page Eight?
Do You
Remember . .. . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
W. B. McOuire and a force of
hands are camped on the Wayah
Bald this week erecting a build
ing to be used as a summer
Lodge for pleasure parties who
desire to camp out. A sum of
money and donations of lumber
were raised by popular subscrip
tion for the building. A good
road was built from the State
road In Nantahala gap to the
top of the mountain a year or
two ago, and camping among
the clouds is becoming quite
popular, as well as enjoyable.
Mr. John A. Amnions, a prom
inent citizen of this county,
died at his home on Mlllshoal
at day-light yesterday morning,
at the age of 76 years.
Mr. William Llttlefield, after
making his home here for sev
eral years, left for Waynesville
Monday, where he will make his
home in future.
25 YEARS AGO
Miss Elizabeth Kelly, president
of the North Carolina Teachers
Association, this week Joined the
field service forces of the To
bacco Growers' Cooperative As
sociation.
Mr. J. W. Gurney, of Walhal
la, S. C., is here on business this
week.
Mr. Fred Corbin, of Cullasaja,
and Miss Addle Crawford, of
Cartoogechaye, were married at
Clayton, Ga., last Wednesday.
1* YEARS AGO
Announcement has been made
that Major J. Prank Carmack
has purchased the Franklin
Lodge and Golf Course.
Come up to Highlands ? "the
Roof Oarden of the Southeast"
?Air Conditioned by Mother
nature. ? Full page advertise
ment of Highlands Cbamtwr of
commaro*.
Call Meeting So Public
Can Present Its Ideas
On Area's Road Problems
Officials of the State High
way and Public Works commis
sion will hold a public meet
ing hi Bryson City next Tues
day for the purpose of discus
sing road problems of this area
with any persons who wish to
attend, it was announced this
week.
The meeting will be held at
the Bryson City Community
building, starting at 10 a. m.
Highway officials who will be
present will include L. Dale
Thrash, of Asheville, tenth divi
sion highway commissioner; Z.
V. Stewart, recently transferred
to this division as division engi
neer; and W. M. Corkill, assis
tant division engineer.
Mr. Thrash will explain the
general policies and plans set up
by the highway commission, and
he and the engineers will lead
discussions on the following
subjects:
Federal aid primary road pro
jects; federal aid secondary
road projects; mud roads and
the plans made s a far for start
ing the $200,000,000 road pro
gram, general expansion of the
highway forces, amount of new
equipment that has been order
ed, etc.; road petitions ? those
hat. are necessary and those
that are not; and the Impor
tance of giving every road a
name.
While Mr. Thrash has ex
pressed particular Interest in
having all the county commis
sioners from the six counties in
this district present, he em
Dhaslzed that "all who are in
terested In discussing road mat
ters are invited and are wel
come.
"Our engineers", he contin
ued, "are going to have more
to do in the next few years
than they have ever done in the
past. Therefore, we would like
very much for those who want
to talk about their roads to
come to these meetings that we
will have from time to time,
and not bother the engineers
and road supervisors when they
are on the Job.
"Road money belongs to the
people, and to get the most
roads built for the money, it
will require the cooperation of
all the people. So far, I am
well pleased with the coopera
tion we have been getting".
Fall Is Fatal
To Floyd Pendergrais,
Kyle Resident
Floyd Pendergrass, 44, of the
Kyle community, Is dead as the
result of a fall while fishing.
Mr. Pendergrass was able to
walk the distance of a mile and
a half from the lake to his
home, but became paralyzed
soon after reaching home. He
told members of his family that
he had fallen while fishing and
struck his head upon a rock.
When he became paralyzed,
he was taken to a hospital in
Andrews, where he died at 4
p. m. Saturday.
Survivors include his widow,
the former Miss Etta Willis;
two daughters, Mary Belle and
Julia; three sons, Hubert, How
ard, and Charles; his father,
John Pendergrass, of Kyle; five
sisters, Mrs. Hamilton Adams,
of Roster, Ga., Mrs. Lyle Bald
win, of Kyle, Mrs. Sherlin Evans,
of Aquone, Mrs. Lawrence Coch
ran, of Franklin, Route 3, and
Mrs. Jim Grant, of Ellijay, Ga.;
and seven brothers, William,
Wesley, and Jeff Pendergrass,
of Kyle, Harley and Alex, of
Franklin, Route 1, and Wiley
and Troy, of Franklin, Route 3.
Funeral services were he'd
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Kyle Baptist church, with
the Rev. R. D. Denny officiat
ing. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Potts funeral home.
F ranklin
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Franklin Softball league re
sults to date, with the schedule
of approaching games, follow:
Results
All games rained out July IS
and July 18.
Teams' Standings
W L Pet.
Forest Service 5 1 .833
Oilers 4 1 .800
Rotary 3 2 .600
Zickgraf 3 3 .500
NP&LCo 2 5 .286
Van Raalte 1 6 .143
Coming Games
Friday (tomorrow) night ?
7:30, Forest Service vs. Zick
graf; second game, 9:15, Van
Raalte vs. NP&LCo.
Monday night? 7:30, Oilers vs.
NP&LCo; 9:15, Rotary vs. Zick
graf.
Want Names Of Those
Planning Raleigh Trip
Macon County farm men and
women who plan to go to Ral
eiph for Farm and Home week,
August 8 through 11, are asked
to notify the county agents or
home agent's office Immediate
ly. This is necessary, it was ex
plained by County Agent S. W.
Mendenhall, so that transporta
tion can be arranged. The trip
will be well worth while, both
for education and entertain
ment, Mr. Mendenhall said, add
ing that the agents hope a
large number will attend the
series of event!.
I
Calendar
Of The Week's
EVENTS
/
THURSDAY, JULY 21
7:30 p. m.? Macon Post No.
108, American Legion, at Slagle
Memorial building.
8 p. m.? Nequassa Chapter No.
43, Order of the Eastern Star,
at Masonic hall.
8 p. m.? First Baptist Young
Women's association at home of
Miss Mamie Lm Murray.
FRIDAY
7:30? Franklin Softball league
games at Athletic field.
SATURDAY
7:30 p. m.? Teen Age club at
Hotel Hearn.
8 p. m.? Dance (American
Lepion benefit) at Memorial
building.
MONDAY
7 p. m.? Franklin Lions club
at Presbyterian church annex.
7 p. m.? Franklin Troop 1,
Boy Scouts, at Memorial build
ing.
7:30 p. m? Franklin Softball
league games at Athletic field.
TUESDAY
8 p. m.? Co-Ed club at Me
morial building.
WEDNESDAY
7 p. m.? Franklin Rotary club
at Memorial building.
7:30 p. m? Macon County Me
morial Post No. 7339, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, at Agricultural
building.
WILL HOLD FOOD SALE
The Iotla Home Demonstra
tion club will hold a benefit
food sale at the Nantahala
Power and Light company
building Saturday morning at
10 o'clock.
FRANK H.HILL
96, DIES AFTER
BRIEF ILLNESS
Horse Cove Man Remained
Active, Interested
Despite Age
After 96 active years, Frank
H. Hill died at his home In the
Horse Cove community, near
Highlands, last Friday morning,
following a short Illness.
Born June 14, 1853, Mr. Hill
had observed his 96th birthday
last month. He was one of the
oldest persons living in Macon
County.
The son of Starhope Walter
Hill and Mrs. Cecilia Edwards
Hill, he was a boy of eight
when the Civil War began. Per
haps because of the impact of
the events of that historic pe
riod on his Impressionable young
mind, all of his life he was
deeply interested in history
especially the history of this
section.
Mr, Hill remained remarkably
active until his last brief Ill
ness, and continued his keen In
terest in the affairs ef the
world. His memory, especially
of events of the far past, was
extraordinarily vivid.
A farmer, he took an almost
lifelong interest in the progress
of education, and at one time
served on the Macon County
board of education. He was a
member of the Methodist
church.
Mr Hill married Miss Jane
Frost, pf Sacramento, Calif.,
January 1, iggl, She died four
years ago.
Survivors include three chil
dren, Harry H1U, of Wilming
ton, Mrs. J. J. Norris, of Horse
Cove and Atlanta, and Mrs. W.
P. Sloan, of Horse Cove; six
grandchildren, and seven great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the home Sunday afternoon at
3:S0 o'clock, with the Rev. Rob
ert E. Early, pastor of the High
lands Methodist church, offi
ciating. Burial was in the Horse
cove cemetery.
Active paHbearer? were John
Edwards, Tom picklesimer, Ed
Edwards, Badger Trpy, Tf?4
Webb, and Dan Edwards.
Honorary pallbearer? were
Leslie MUner, Charlie Edwards,
Dr. O. C. Skinner, M D Ed
wards, W. E. McGuire, and
Judge Felix E. Alley.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Bryant Funeral
home,
Sunday School
Convention To Be Held At
Windy Gap Sunday
Election of officers for the
coming year, talks, and reports
will mark the quarterly .meeting
of the Macon County Baptist
Sunday School convention, to be
held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday
afternoon at the Windy Gap
Baptist church.
The program will be built
around the theme, "Check up
on Year's Work of Evangelism", ,
and Miss Gretchen Johnson, ;
mission worker in this county,
Will be the chief speaker. Talks
aUo will be made by Weaver
Cochran, the Rev. Paul Nix, i
Paul Swafford, and H H- piem
mons.
Harold Swafford, of the Windy
Gap church, will conduct the i
devotional. ! .
PRIZE-WINNING ENTRY
Life of Nimrod S. Jarrett
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The fol
lowing paper woo the prizes
as both the best entry and
the best biography submit
ted in the Macon County
Historical Society's contest
for articles on Macon Coun
ty history.)
By E. N. EVANS
The dust that had gathered
on the history books relating to
the life and events of the early
pioneers of Macon County and
Western North Carolina Is be
ing swept away by the winds of
time, and the people are begin
ning to realize that the time has
come to preserve these tradi
tions for future generations. We
also find that other people from
the far corners of the earth
who come to gaze on the blue
stretches of these high moun
tains are Interested and won- I
der, asking about the early set- !
tleri who had the fortitude to
penetrate these primordial
haunts seeking to find homes.
One of these bold pioneers,
the subject of this sketch, Nlm
rod 8. Jarrett, was prompted
no doubt by the call of the wild
that had been Ingrained Into
his very being by youthful as
sociations and love for the deep
gorges and mountainsides cov
ered with trees and flowering
shrubs. Perhaps he dreamed as
he gazed with awe over this
panoramic glimmer of the celes
tial, and thought to build an
earthly garden of Paradise for
himself and his children. We
cannot but wonder.
He was of Scotch-Irish de
scent, formerly of the tide
water section of North Caro
lina. He was born in Buncombe
county, North Carolina, in the
year 1800. His early years were
?pent a? were those of other
young mux of that period. He
wu Khooled In the fore?t ways,
his text-books being the great
open ways of nature. The winds,
the rains and the fogs were
chapters and everyday assign
ments In this picturesque col
lege of pastoral scenes. The In
dian trails of the -Great Smok
ies were familiar paths for hts
meditations and dreams of the
future years.
We find that N km rod Jarrett,
according to Arthur's History of
Western North Carolina, work
ed for Dr. Hallen of Philadel
phia, Pa. We quote from the
history:
"The manufacture of 'Gin
sang' and its sale was begun on
Jonathan's Creek by Dr. Hallen
of Philadelphia, who employed
Nlmrod 8. Jarrett and B. F.
Smith, late of Buncombe coun
ty, to conduct the business."
There is no record of how
long he continued In this avo
cation, but wa find that in the
? Continued on Fa?? Three
Posts, Signs For Street
Marking Are Here; Work
To Start Erecting Them
The metal posts for Frank
lin's street sign marking have
arrived, a part of the shipment
Df attractive metal signs Is here,
and the house numbers have
been received, It was learned
this week.
The street-marking and
house 'numbering project, spon
sored by the Lions club, is one
of the steps required In order
to obtain house mall delivery
here.
The Lions club committee,
headed by B. W. McGlamery,
and the street committee of the
Franklin board of aldermea
headed by Woodrow Reeves,
plans a survey of the town in
the next few days, it was said,
to determine the exact locations
for the erection of the sign
posts. Work of putting up the
Highlands Buys
7 T ransf crmers
To Aid Service
Seven transformers for the
municipally - owned electric
light system of the Town of
Highlands have been ordered,
as a result of action taken by
the board of town commis
sioners.
Discussion of the purchase
of the additional transform
ers featured Mondiy night's
meeting of the board.
The transformers, bought
at a cost of $2,13T, were pMr
chased in order to relieve the
low load situation prevailing
in many parts of the town, it
was brought out, and will en
able the town to give better
electric service. The trans
formers range from 10 to 25
KVA.
7-Day Rains
Here Total
2.39 Inches
With rain falling every day
during the past week? and most
of the time on several days
Franklin had a rainfall of near
ly two and a half Inches during
the seven-day period ending at
8 a. m. yesterday (Wednesday).
The total here, as reported by
Manson L. Stiles, TV A weather
observer, was 2.39 Inches.
This compares with 3.44 Inches
at the Coweta Experiment sta
tion.
Figures for the same period
were not available for High
lands, but a weather report
from that community showed
rain on 15 of the first 17 days
of the month, with the July
total through last Sunday stand
ing at 9.27 inches.
In Franklin, nearly a third of
the week's total fell Thursday
and Thursday night of last
week. The recording for that
24-hour period was .72 of an
Inch.
The next wettest day of the
week was Sunday, when .49 of
an inch fell,
LOSE RIGHT TO DRIVE
A total of 581 persons lost
their licenses to drive during
rune, following convictions of
posts and the signs then is ex
pected to get under way.
The posts, signs, etc., were
bought by the Lions club, at a
cost of several hundred dollars,
and the town has agreed to
have them erected and main
tained.
Forty-eight signs will carry
two plates, one under the other,
placed at right angles, giving
the names of the two inter
secting streets. The 49th sign,
to be placed at the intersection
of the Georgia road, Ridgewood
avenue, and Hillcrest avenue,
will be a three-way affair.
The sign plates, made of
aluminum, measure 4% by 19%
inches. They will carry the
street names in three inch-high
black letters on a white back
ground.
EVANS HISTORY I
MEET WINNER
Otto Fifth Grade Given
Prize For Second
Best Entry
The entry of E. N. (Noah)
Evans in the Macon County
Historical society's contest won
both first prize for the best
article submitted on any phase
of Macon County history and
the prize for the best biography
of a Macon County person.
Mr. Evans' prize-winning en
try was a biography of Nimrod
S. Jarrett, colorful figure in the
nineteenth century history of
this county.
The prize for the second best
article submitted went to fifth
grade of Otto school, of which
Mrs. Joyce Cagle is teacher. The
Otto children's entry bears the
title, "Some Interesting Facts
Concerning the Early History of
Smlthbrlde Township".
The prizes were awarded at
the courthouse last Friday eve
ning.
Mr. Evans was awarded the
double prize offered for the best
ARTICLE PUBLISHED
.Mr. Evans' prize-winning
entry is published in this
week's issue of The Press.
The emtry that took second
place will appear next week.
article submitted? $25 in cash
offered by the Historical so
ciety, and a $25 piece of lug
gage offered by Belk's Depart
ment store. His prize for sub
mitting the best biography was
$10 in cash, offered by Miss j
Lassie Kelly in memory of her
sister, Miss Elizabeth Kelly.
The prize for the second best
article submitted, won by the
Otto fifth grade, was a foun
tain pen. offered by Angel's
drug store.
Three additional prizes, offer- i
ed to school children, were not
awarded, since no individual
school child submitted an entry.
A prize of $10 was offered by
The Frankfln Press for the
beat article submitted by a Ma
con County school child, boy or
girl; $10 was offered by H. W.
Cabe for the best article writ
ten by a Macon County school
boy; and $10 was offered by
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones
for the best article written by
a school girl.
If one school child had sub
mitted an article, he would have
won two prizes -for the best
article submitted by a school
child, and for the best article
submitted by a boy or a girl,
it was pointed out Friday night
when the awards were present
ed.
A total of seven articles were
submitted, two of them coming
from the State of Washington,
and Gilmer A. Jones, president
of the society, who presided,
announced that the society now
has nearly as many members
in Washington as it has in Ma
con County.
W. N. Sloan, chairman, G. L.
Houk, and Miss Olive Patton
made up the committee of
judges; , Miss Patton, however,
being out of town, was unable
to serve.
. Mr. Sloan made the presenta
tion of the awards, and follow
ing that feature of the program,
several of the papers were read.
Mr. Evans, the first prize win
ner in two categories, who Is 73,
Is now a resident of Bryson
Continued On Pm? W|W?
C. OF t SEEKS
IMPROVEMENTS
ON HIGHWAY 23
Survey Shows F ranklin
Has Accommodations
For 618 Tourists
The Franklin Chamber of
Commerce Is seeking construc
tion of a modern highway on
U. S. 23 from the Georgia state
line, via Franklin, to Sylva.
The board of directors of the
organization, at a called meet
ing last Thursday nighl, voted
to ask the State Highway and
Public Works commission to im
prove and reconstruct this high
way, and President Frank B.
Duncan appointed a committee
to write a letter to L. Dale
Thrash, of Asheville, this (the
tenth i district highway commis
sioner, setting forth the re
quest.
Appointed on the committee
were T. W. Angel, Jr., R. S.
Jones, both members of the
board, and John M. Archer, Jr.
Prior to opening of the dis
cussion of the road problem,
Mr. Duncan called on the sec
retary, Neil Mooney, to read a
report of a survey recently
made of tourist facilities In
Franklin.
The report shows that Frank
lin has tourist accommodations
for 618 persons.
Hotels here, the report shows,
have 116 rooms with 142 beds,
which can accommodate 273.
Motor courts have 80 rooms,
with 110 beds, which can ac
commodate 170.
Tourist cabins can accommo
date 90.
And there are accommodations
for 85 in furnished and unfurn
ished apartments.
Sales Lag
Here In Latest U. S.
Bond Drive
Macon County, which/ In the
past not only has met Its quotas
in U. S. bond drives, but usu
ally has been one of the first
counties in this region to do so,
failed to reach the quota as
signed it in the U. S. Saving
Bond Opportunity drive, which
closed July 16.
In the drive, which opened in
April, this county was assigned
a quota of $46,000 in bonds.
Figures made public by the U.
S. Treasury's bond division
show that people here bought
$31,556.25 in bonds during the
campaign. This represents 68.6
per cent of the quota.
W. N. C. Power Lakes
Are Full, Spill Water
BRYSON CITY. ? Vacationists
in the mountain lakes area of
Western North Carolina are get
ting a pretty bonus this year.
All the power lakes of this area
are full, a situation greatly add
ing to their aesthetic appeal.
Several of the lakes.
Including Fontana, have had to
spill water recently. Santeetlah,
one of the prettiest of the
Smoky Mountain lakes, has
more water in it than it has.
seen in years, and the same
goes for Hiwassee, Glenville,
Chatuge, and others.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment station.
Tuesday 73 58 .45
Wednesday 59 .01
Total rainfall, inches .... 3.44
FRANKLIN RAINFALL
(As recorded by
Manson L. Stiles,
TVA weather observer)
For the 24 hours ending at 8
a. m. last Thursday, .42 of an
inch; Friday, .72; Saturday, .25;
Sunday, .39; Monday, .48; Tues
day, .15; Wednesday, trace.
Total for week, 219 inches.
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
High Low Prec.
82 ?66 .26
82 66 .04
83 64 .37
82 61 .92
. 77 63 46
76 64 .93